The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-27
Farm Notes.

paste that will hold firmly, and which can
be preserved for months in a we'll stoppe~ed
bottle, is made by dissolving a piece of alum the
size of a walnut in a pint of boiling water,
which two spoonfuls of -four. made smooth in
little cold water, and few drops of oil or cloves
afterwards added. the mixture being then
boiled.
Potato pone is West India DISH but people
in the United States have been found capable of
relishing it. Wash. peel and CRATE two pounds
OF potatoes: add four ounces each OF sugar and
melted butter. tablespoonful each of salt
and pepper; mix all well together and place it in
baking dish and put it into a quick oven until
1t is done and becomes nicely Drowned.
Farmers in some sections of Pennsylvania main
tain the fertility of their soils by applying 100
bushels of slaked lime to the acre once IN five
years 1t is said fields which have been subject
ed to this treatment for the past 100 years
productive when the experiment was
first tried The application depends for its
value much upon the original character OF the
soil
Work up your home market. A considerable
quantity OF fruit can be sold at home at profit
able prices if only n good effort is made. Re-
member in shipping you have TO pay transporta-
ton and commission charges. run the risk of
getting to market when there is overstock,
and running the risk of loss, so that you can
readily afford to take little less and sell at
home for cash.
There is something to be consde red in the use
of the cultivator besides simply working the
crop One of the advantages is that by simply
stirring the soil. especially when there is
danger of drought. the loose earth serves as
mulch, thereby not only protecting the roots
from dryness and heat, but also preventing the
loss OF moisture by evaporation from the soil TO
a considerable extent.
AS showing the value Of good seed potatoes,
Mr. e. Taylor, before the Missouri Horticultural
Society said: When the sprouts from the sin
gle eyes just breaking the ground the tops
of the whole potatoes would be large enough TO
pillow, and by the time the single eyes were large
enough to plow. passing by a regular graduation
according to the amount of seed used to the very
largest, the rows from them were half ready to
lay by"
Every season new strawberries introduced
which claimed to be superior to their prede-
cessors. only to be laid aside after trial, the
consequence being that fruit-growers cling to the
cid Wilson, Crescent and other well-known
kinds. No strawberry should be sold superior
10 all others until it shall have received trials in
several sections and under different methods or
cultivation. A strawberry we'll adapted to one
section may be worthless in another
Never place the perches in the hen house one
above another higher than another.
Fowls usually keep going up until they reach
the highest perch. If there should not be room
enough for all the strong will crowd the weak
off. Perches should not be than
three feet high Heavy chickens often hurt
themselves by jumping from high perches.
Round. smooth poles with legs to them make
good perches, and are easily moved to clean.